Senior Lead Software Engineer – Network Test Automation Platform

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer to join the Infrastructure Platforms team in the Corporate Sector. You will guide agile teams, drive AI-assisted engineering practices, and oversee infrastructure modernization to deliver secure, scalable technology products.

Role requires deep expertise across cloud and on‑prem environments, scripting languages, and enterprise tooling. You will influence design decisions and champion secure, reliable software delivery across

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts
• 5+ years applied experience in infrastructure platforms or related field
• Deep knowledge of multiple infrastructure technologies and scripting languages
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and migration across public/private clouds
• Experience with on-premise data center technologies and operations
• Strong OS/Hypervisor experience (Hyper-V, ESXi, KVM, VMware, OpenShift)
• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools and secure coding practices
• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows and security considerations
• Telemetry tools to improve service visibility

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to business and technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices across teams
• Improve value through automation and SDLC/TLM tooling
• Influence product design, application functionality, and operations
• Analyze complex data and systems to mitigate risk
• Collaborate with platforms to modernize technology processes
• Lead infrastructure engineering initiatives
• Drive multiple complex programs and provide thought leadership
• Advocate for firmwide SDLC frameworks and practices

Skills

Python

JavaScript

YAML

JSON

Bash

Terraform

Kubernetes

Ansible

CI/CD

Cloud AWS/Azure

Education

Software engineering training

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products.

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Sector of the Infrastructure Platforms team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Drive significant business impact through your capabilities and contributions, and apply deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies to tackle a diverse array of challenges that span multiple technologies and applications.

Job responsibilities

• Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
• Drives adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices across teams to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test acceleration, release readiness, incident/root-cause analysis), while establishing measurable validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of proven patterns and automation within the SDLC/TLM toolchain.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including approved AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation at scale.
• Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
• Applies deep technical expertise and problem-solving methodologies focused on analyzing complex data and systems, anticipating issues, and finding ways to mitigate risk
• Works with other platforms to architect and implement changes required to resolve issues and modernize the organization and its technology processes
• Be responsible for infrastructure engineering in accordance with business requirements
• Drives results and implements multiple complex programs
• Drives thought leadership within the product line
• Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Knowledge of one or more areas of infrastructure engineering such as hardware, networking terminology, databases, storage engineering, deployment practices, integration, automation, scaling, resilience, or performance assessments
• Deep knowledge multiple infrastructure technologies and scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, yaml, Json, Bash, etc.)
• Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure and multiple cloud technologies with the ability to operate in and migrate across public and private clouds
• Knowledge of on-premises and remote Data Center technologies and operations
• Strong experience in several OS and Hypervisor platforms (Hyper-V, ESXi, KVM, VMWARE, OpenShift)
• Experience in infrastructure automation, optimization and observability
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching senior engineers/leads on compliant usage patterns and controls.
• Experience in deploying and using telemetry tools to improve visibility in service offerings
• Solid understanding of public cloud technologies, for AWS / Azure on Kubernetes, Terraform, experience in CI/CD and tools like Ansible, Terraform, Puppet for automating configuration management and deployment processes

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Working knowledge of 40/100/400G Ethernet and CWDM, DWDM and optical transport network technologies
• Understanding of different Optics and internals of a switch ASIC
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting routing and switching protocols (BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, MPLS, RSVP-TE, IS-IS), working knowledge of network protocols(TCP/UDP, DHCP,DNS,LB, FWL, Proxy) and experience with IPv4 and IPv6
• Working knowledge of physical infrastructure design including structured cabling and fiber-optic cabling
• Understanding of network hardware platforms and their specifications in the datacenter space